три недели войны

Украина перебрасывает войска.

The U.S. Army Europe has notified German states about a massive movement of heavy military vehicles on their way to strategic locations in eastern Europe and the Baltics under the banner of Operation Atlantic Resolve, Defence News reported.All told, 3,300 troops of the 1st Armored Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood, Texas, will bring 2,500 pieces of equipment across the Atlantic Ocean. The formation will relieve the 2nd Armored Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division, which will return to Fort Riley, Kansas.The equipment arrived by ship in Antwerp, Belgium, over the weekend, where it is still being prepared for onward transport within Europe. Military officials said they treat the deployment as a large-scale exercise meant to stress logistics skills that would be needed in case of a war on the continent.That means soldiers will be working against the clock to measure how quickly such a deployment can be accomplished. For some of the equipment, planners have devised a leg using inland waterways from Antwerp to Mannheim, Germany, to test an additional mode of transport besides road and rail, a U.S. Army Europe spokeswoman told Defense News.Trains are scheduled to be on hand in Mannheim for the rest of the trip east.The total packing list includes an assortment of heavy combat gear, including 87 Abrams tanks, roughly 140 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 18 Paladin howitzers and 395 other tracked vehicles. They will make the trip by rail to various locations in the three Baltic nations as well as Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary.

The current fighting is focused (among other places) on the area north of Mariupol, a key port on the Azov Sea and a vital export center for the Ukrainian economy. With a population of 450,000, Mariupol acts as a geostrategic choke point and gateway for industrial products from Donetsk and Luhansk, such as coal and steel, destined for international markets. It is noteworthy, therefore, that the recent spike in violence around Mariupol coincided with Russia's "closure" of a large part of the Sea of Azov for a snap military exercise on May 21-23.

The international community seems largely oblivious to the strategic implications of Russia's increased pressure on Ukraine's maritime flank

Horlivka was the center of the escalation, with a four-fold increase in the level of violence preceded by the Ukraine Armed Forces establishing new positions in Pivdenne (Chyhari).